Overview

• The GdP’s August report revealed mold-infested walls, pest infestations, leaking roofs and patrol cars with six-figure mileages, exposing health and operational risks at hundreds of stations.
• The union is calling for a dedicated federal Sondervermögen for internal security and centralized IT support to address a double-digit-billion-euro investment backlog in police facilities.
• Interior ministries in Bremen and Saxony publicly backed adding police buildings to the federal infrastructure and climate protection fund to ease state maintenance burdens.
• Other Länder such as Rheinland-Pfalz and North Rhine-Westphalia highlighted active programs, including a €7.4 million 2025 building-maintenance plan covering 240 measures and over €2 billion invested since 2017.
• The dispute underscores friction over Germany’s federal policing model as calls for uniform funding and digitalization clash with Länder autonomy.